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Introduction - Mexico: | Location - Mexico: | People - Mexico: | Government - Mexico: | Economy - Mexico: | Communications - Mexico: | Transportation - Mexico: | Military - Mexico: | Military branches | Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito), Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes Naval Air Force (FAN) and Marines) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary enlistment; conscripts serve only in the Army; Navy and Air Force service is all voluntary (2007) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 24,488,008
females age 18-49: 26,128,046 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 19,058,337
females age 18-49: 21,966,796 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 1,063,233
females age 18-49: 1,043,816 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 10,000-12,000 (governments quashing of Zapatista uprising in 1994 in eastern Chiapas Region) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 0.5% (2006 est.) | | Trafficking in persons | current situation: Mexico is a source, transit, and destination country for persons trafficked for sexual exploitation and labor; while the vast majority of victims are Central Americans trafficked along Mexicos southern border, other source regions include South America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia; women and children are trafficked from rural regions to urban centers and tourist areas for sexual exploitation, often through fraudulent offers of employment or through threats of physical violence; the Mexican trafficking problem is often conflated with alien smuggling, and frequently the same criminal networks are involved; pervasive corruption among state and local law enforcement often impedes investigations
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Mexico remains on the Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year based on future commitments to undertake additional efforts in prosecution, protection, and prevention of trafficking in persons, and the failure of the government to provide critical law enforcement data | | Disputes international | abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; the US has intensified security measures to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across its border with Mexico; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the United States | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |